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' reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- @eine gisten ste-nj @frn IMPROVBD PROPELLER.

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Beit knownthuf, 17 JORDAN H. PHILLIPS, of the city and county of St. Louis, and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful improvement in Paddle Propeller; and I d hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine,

Figure 1 is a. vertical section'of my improved paddle propeller taken through the line wx, fig. if.

. Figure 2 is a verticalsection of the same taken through the line yy, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish nu improved apparatus for propelling vessels` so constructed and arranged that the paddles shall enter the water Without any jar and leave'it without lifting* any water, the whole power being expended in propelling the vessel; and it consists in the combination .and arraugernentof the paddles, levers, rods, and cceeutrics with euch' other and with the driving-shaft, us hereinafter'morc fully described.

A is the frameworlvthat supports the apparatus; B is the main or driving-shaft;` and C is the crank to which the power isapplied. 'Ihc shaft B revoliges in bezrrings in the supports D.; 'To theQshaft .I-are :ittu'ched 4the eccentries E, as showuin fig. l, the circurnterences of which areperfect circles, F are the long levers, to

the lower ends of which are' attached the -paddles G. VThe central parts of the levers F :tre made broad, nud arc formed into collars or sleeves, which fit ntogrooves formed around thecireuulferences ofthe eceentrics E, as shown in fig. 2. Tothe upper ends of the levers F are pivoted the ends of theconnec'tingbars or' rods H, the otherends of which are pivoted to the upper ends of the upright `equal-armed.levers Ias shown in` fig. 1. The levers I are pivoted at their middle points to a shaft, L,i-passing through the supports J, and to'their lower ends are pivoted the ends o the eonnectingbars or rodsV K. The other ends of the .rod K are pivoted t-o the broad part or colla-r ofthe levers F.k By thisarrangernent the paddles G are made to move through the water about three times as far as the simple throw' of the eceentrics would cause them to inove. It also brings the Vpaddles into such positions'th'at they enter the water Without any jar and leave it without lifting anywater, ysu

that" the Whole power is expended in propelling the vessel. Only two sets of levers, eccentrics, rods, and paddles, are represented as being attached to the shaft B; buteny desired number may be`attached that the circumstancesof the ease may require, andI they may beso arranged that any desired number may always `be`.in the waterat the Yseme time. The levers I may, if desired, be extended downwards and the bars H removed and pivoted tothe lower-end of said extended levers und to the -lower part ofthe levers F, below the bars K,\as

represented in the drawing. This construction will contract the propeller into smaller space, and the puddles` G will still rise vertically from the wat-er,` but the stroke will be shorter and consequently less effective. But I prefer thereonstrueton first described.

I claim `as new, and desire to secure by Letters'vPatent v The combination and arrangement of the paddles G, levers F, eccentries E, rods or bars H, 1eve'rs ..1q and rods K, with each other and with the driving-shaft B, substantially as described" and 'forthe purpose set forth.

JRDAN PHILLIPS.

Witnesses THOMAS Barony, L2 ScuoEN.- 

